The importance of Remembrance Day

10 November 2013 , 10:22 AM by Rob Minshull

Rembrance Day is a time for reflection, a moment spent in silence and with gratitude for those who fought and died in war and armed conflict.

Less a year before we mark the centenary of the First World War and the historians are busy, the commemorations are being planned and the details finalised. But why is Remembrance Day so important and what does it say about our national identity?

Mat McLachlan is one of Australia's leading war historians and battlefield guides.